Name: PODCAST DROP: Latest Self-Publishing News with Dan Holloway
Start: 2026-04-03T13:00:00+01:00
End: 2026-04-03T14:00:00+01:00
Location: ALLi Podcast

News Summary: HarperCollins France Adopts AI Translation; Manga Industry Turns to Machine Learning

The uncomfortable relationship between AI and translation has been in the news again this week. HarperCollins in France has hired the services of Fluent Planet to help it save money by reducing the labor-intensiveness of the translation process. Fluent Planet will, it seems, be using machine learning to achieve this. The reaction has been exactly what, in short, you would imagine.

January 17, 2026
Dan Holloway
News
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News Podcast: Amazon Launches Kindle Translate, Australia Blocks Data Mining Exception

On this episode of the Self-Publishing with ALLi podcast, Dan Holloway reports on Amazon’s launch of Kindle Translate, an AI-powered tool that allows translations between English, Spanish, and German. He discusses how it could open new markets for authors while raising questions about accuracy and the role of human translators. Dan also covers Australia’s decision to reject a text and data mining exception to copyright law, a win for authors and creatives concerned about AI training practices, and shares updates on the ongoing Anthropic settlement affecting writers worldwide.

November 14, 2025
Dan Holloway
Podcast
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News Summary: Amazon Launches Kindle Translate to Help Authors Reach Global Audiences with AI-Powered Tools

Amazon has just launched a new AI-powered translation tool called Kindle Translate. So far, the launch is in beta, but the aim is in the title of the product: for this to be a tool for writers and publishers making their works available through Kindle.

November 13, 2025
Dan Holloway
News
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News Podcast: Radish Shuts Down, AI Translation Tool Launches

On this episode of the Self-Publishing News Podcast, Dan Holloway discusses allegations that the bestselling memoir The Salt Path misrepresented key facts, reigniting debate over truth in nonfiction. He also examines Globe Scribe, a new AI translation tool claiming human-level results, and reports on the closure of serial fiction platform Radish after struggling to compete with Wattpad.

Alliance Of Independent Authors | Self-Publishing News July 12, 2025 | With Dan Holloway

News Summary: Translators Push Back Against Globescribe AI; Bookshop.org Takes Aim at Prime Day

As this goes to press, Amazon Prime “Day” is coming to an end. But I will leave that hanging as an exercise in foreshadowing. This week has seen widespread anger in the translator community over the launch of Globescribe, a platform that offers AI-generated translation services to publishers and indie authors.

July 12, 2025
Dan Holloway
News
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AI Translation Sparks Backlash from Translators and Authors: Self-Publishing News with Dan Holloway

Another week, more AI angst. While the Meta AI scandal is not going away any time soon, this week it is AI translation that’s causing the issues—specifically, academic publishing giant Taylor & Francis’s decision to use AI translation to bring research to an English-language audience.

April 1, 2025
Dan Holloway
News
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Advanced Self-Publishing Salon with Orna Ross & Joanna Penn July 2017

Each month Orna Ross and Joanna Penn join forces to bring you The Advanced Self-Publishing Salon, a live online broadcast where they discuss what’s going on in the publishing industry, and provide an update on the latest tools and techniques that are helping them achieve their writing and publishing goals.

June 30, 2017
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